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  Sam Garforth-Bles
Sam Garforth-Bles

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Bragg Creek, Alberta (Canada)

High School:
Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School

Height:
6-3

Birthdate:
01/18/1990

Experience:
3L

Hits:
Right


02/05/2012

Early Start No Problem as Owls Blank Canes

Down Tyler JC 6-0 in nightcap

01/29/2012

Owls Gain Weekend Split

Host Miami and Tyler JC on Sunday, February 5

01/21/2012

Horns Drop Owls, 5-2

T-Shirts and free pizza for LSU match on Sunday

01/13/2012

Smarr Ready For Final Season to Start

Men's Tennis vs. Lamar and Prairie View

10/21/2011

Tachibana, Fowler Advance at ITA Regional

Tournament play continues Saturday at Texas A&M

04/23/2011

SMU postmatch with Sam Garforth-Bles

04/25/2010

Rice

Rice Mens Tennis

01/16/2012

Rice Lamar 2012

The Rice men's tennis team opened the 2012 season vs. Lamar on January 14

01/03/2012

Sam Garforth-Bles

Sam Garforth-Bles


Garforth-Bles match by match
2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012
HONORS AT RICE
2010 All C-USA, second team (singles)
2011 All C-USA, second team (doubles)
2009, 2010, 2011 ITA All Academic Team
2009 C-USA Commissioner's Medal
2009, 2010. 2011 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

2011 Fall (Senior)
Posted a 6-7 singles record in the Fall... Reached the A flight singles final at the Rice Fall Invitational before falling to teammate Peter Frank... Defeated Greg Lehman of Arkanas and Maor Botwell of LSU to reach the finals.

2010-11 Season (Junior)
Finished his junior year with an 12-8 record in singles and an 11-6 mark in doubles... Teamed with Peter Frank for a 7-4 mark to earn second-team All C-USA honors in doubles... Fashioned a pair of wins over ranked opponents to rise as high as 70th in the ITA rankings by the end of the regular season... Top win was an 8-4 defeat of Texas; Kellen Damico and David Holiner when they were ranked 30th in the nation. Posted a 4-8 fall record in singles and a combined 4-4 record in doubles... Defeated Texas A&M's Daniel Brown 7-5, 6-1 to move into the quarters of the round two consolation at the USTA-ITA Regional.

2009-10 Season (Sophomore)
Led the team with a 15-7 singles record and earned second team All C-USA honors from the league's coaches...5-2 in three set matches, including a win over Philip Stephens of Tulsa to tie the C-USA Championship match at 3-3... 2-1 in the conference championship and 4-1 on the year against C-USA opponents... Also clinched the Owls' win over Tulane in the regular season...1-1 vs. ranked opponents... Posted a 6-7 record in the fal in singles and a 7-3 mark in doubles... Teamed with Dennis Polyakov to win the B Flight doubles at the Rice Invitational and reach the quarterfinals of both the Midland Invitational and Baylor HEB Invite.

2008-09 Season (Freshman)
Tied for second on the team with 16 wins in singles (16-11)... Played the majority of the year at No. 4 (8-5)... Contributed a pair of points in the Owls win at #12 Texas A&M... combined with Christian Saravia to battle back from a 6-2 deficit to win the doubles point (9-8), then won at No. 4 defeating Alexey Grigorov 6-4, 6-1... Opened the year with six consecutive wins and was ranked as high as 61 in the early portion of the season.

High School/Juniors
Graduated from Strathcona-Tweedsmuir school in Calgary, Alberta ... named Alberta's Male Provincial Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007 ... second-ranked under 18 player in Canada ... ranked 88th by ITF ... won a combined 34 singles and doubles titles ... two-time Canadian national champion ... won ITF Costa Rica Bowl ... lost in the second round of the Junior Australian Open and also competed in Junior U.S. Open and Junior Wimbledon ... member of the Canadian Junior Davis Cup team.

Personal
Son of Tim and Fiona Garfoth-Bles ... born on January 18, 1990 ... also recruited by Notre Dame, Duke, Princeton, Northwestern, Alabama, Wake Forest, and Pepperdine ... Philosophy major... member of Martel College.

Singles Dual #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
2008-09 16-11 - 1-0 2-3 8-5 5-3 -
2009-10 15-7 - - 5-3 6-3 3-1 1-0
2010-11 12-8 - - 3-4 7-4 2-0 -
2011-12 6-2 - 3-0 3-2 - - -
TOTAL 49-28 - 3-0 13-12 22-12 10-4 1-0

Doubles Dual #1 #2 #3
2008-09 9-12 - 2-0 7-12
2009-10 3-3 - 2-0 1-3
2010-11 11-4 - 3-1 8-5
2011-12 3-2 - - 3-2
TOTAL 26-21 - 7-1 18-22

 Member of Martel College
Martel College

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